What are some things you learned about planning and teaching from your vignette?
We learned a good way to open an inquiry activity with a general question "Is there an evolutionary trend? about the fossils. He did this to get them thinking about fossils and their connection to evolution.
The importance of guiding questions for the students.
What were the critical aspects of the lesson sequence? How would you "transfer" these aspects to address another topic?
Just in time teaching, here students want to know the answer and during the ongoing activity he introduces information about evolution
How did the teacher engage students in the topic?
The teacher engaged the students by allowing them to generate their own questions
How did sequence facilitate "active" learning on the part of the students?
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